Practice Note-Taking for True Understanding

To make good notes, you must take note of these three things:

• Rephrase the original idea and translate it into your own. Use your own words to distill it in your mind better.
• Connect ideas together. Create links between your ideas for better...

Writing a book summary consists of three steps.

1. Take notes while you read.
2. Write the main takeaways in your own words.
3. Continue to summarise over time (progressive summarization.)

• Marcus read all of Epictetus's ideas and he absorbed them wholly with a deep understanding. They became part of his DNA as a human being. He quoted them at length over the course of his life, finding real clarity and strength in words, even amid the immense luxury and power he would come to ...